chim·pan·zee

chimpanzee

1. Either of two African apes of the genus Pan, having black hair, a bare face, somewhat arboreal habits, and a high degree of intelligence.

2. The common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), of equatorial central and western Africa, having a stockier build than the bonobo (P. paniscus).

chimpanzee

(chĭm-păn′zē)

An intelligent ape (Pan troglodytes) native to parts of Africa. The DNA of humans and chimps is closely matched.

chimpanzee

Pan troglodytes or Pan satyrus; a large anthropoid ape with the most highly developed brain of all animals other than humans. Dark colored, 5 to 6 ft high, with large out-turned ears, they are arboreal and live in families.

In declarations filed in support of up-listing captive chimpanzees to "endangered," chimpanzee experts uniformly agreed commercial exploitation of infant captive chimps fuels the black market in infants captured from the wild.

icons from Twycross Zoo suffered greatly as they grew out of their TV Sharon n They were left traumatised as they matured into adulthood, unable behave as mature chimpan-They were left traumatised as they matured into adulthood, unable behave as mature chimpanzees or interact with their peers.

According to the researchers, a female chimp named Julie repeatedly put a stiff, strawlike blade of grass for no apparent reason in one or both of her ears and left it there even when she was grooming, playing or resting, after which other chimpanzees also followed suit.

We know that the chimpanzee range is currently shrinking (Butynski 2003), and a significant earlier shift is indicated by the finding of putative chimpanzee fossils in Kenya, ~600km east of the species' current range (McBrearty & Jablonski 2005).

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